None of it’s that fucked up if you interpret it as a creation story that’s about why things are the way they are rather than something that literally happened.
Creation stories do tend to involve incest because there weren’t many folks around. And you’re not meant to worry about understanding of deceit because it’s explaining why life isn’t perfect and served that function perfectly well.
Of course, this still presents a problem for literal believers. But they’re a minority (and have been for hundreds of years).
None of it’s that fucked up if you interpret it as a creation story that’s about why things are the way they are rather than something that literally happened.
Creation stories do tend to involve incest because there weren’t many folks around. And you’re not meant to worry about understanding of deceit because it’s explaining why life isn’t perfect and served that function perfectly well.
Of course, this still presents a problem for literal believers. But they’re a minority (and have been for hundreds of years).
It shows a being that believers say is the ultimate moral authority, God, behaving in a morally abhorrent way.